Early Earth a Water World?

September 2, 2006

By Dr. Hugh Ross

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New studies of ancient zircon show consistency with RTB’s creation model prediction that the early Earth was covered in water (see Genesis 1:2). Results published earlier this year in Science had argued for large-scale continental crust formation within 200 million years of Earth’s formation—a finding clearly at odds with RTB’s model. But new research shows that the criteria used for concluding that the ancient zircons were formed in continental crust can be mimicked by zircons extracted from mid-ocean ridges where no continents exist. The later research concludes that the ancient zircons permit models where no continental crust is formed until much later in Earth’s history. Thus, ancient zircons are not evidence against RTB’s creation model.

Dr. Hugh Ross

Reasons to Believe emerged from my passion to research, develop, and proclaim the most powerful new reasons to believe in Christ as Creator, Lord, and Savior and to use those new reasons to reach people for Christ. Read more about Dr. Hugh Ross.

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